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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 3:12

Judea is at present God’s floor, the only church he hath upon the earth; but there is chaff upon this floor, as well as wheat. Now he is come who will make a separation between the chaff and the wheat; who by his preaching the gospel will distinguish between Israel and those that are of Israel, Romans 9:6; between those who, living in the true expectation of the Messias, shall receive him now he is come, and those who, by their not owning and receiving him, shall declare that they never had any... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Matthew 3:1-12

CRITICAL NOTESMatthew 3:1. In those days.—Of Christ’s secluded life at Nazareth (see Luke 3:1, etc.) St. Matthew passes over a period of nearly thirty years (Luke 3:23). Preaching.—Lt heralding; making, by command, a royal proclamation. Wilderness of Judæa.—The name was commonly applied to the thinly populated region in the southern valley of the Jordan, and so was equivalent to “the country about. Jordan” of Luke 3:3, including even part of the district east of the river. In this region John... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 3:12

Matthew 3:12 I. The disciples of John were to learn (1) that their hearts were under another tillage-cultivation than their own. They could not winnow the grain, they could not separate corn from chaff. If there was no one more skilful than they were to do that, the labour had been thrown away; the corn would not supply bread to the eater, or seed to the sower. (2) They were to be sure that this discipline, if it was indeed Divine discipline, would be thorough. "He will throughly purge His... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Matthew 3:12

DISCOURSE: 1284THE ISSUE OF THE FINAL JUDGMENTMatthew 3:12. Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.THE great duty of a Christian Minister is, to set forth the Lord Jesus Christ in all his characters, and to impress on the minds of all the necessity of believing in him for the salvation of their souls. But the view which we give of the Saviour should be altogether such as is... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Matthew 3:1-17

Chapter ThreeIn those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea ( Matthew 3:1 ).Now we have the silent years of Christ. We are jumping now from the return to Nazareth to the beginning of His public ministry. There are some twenty-eight to twenty-nine years that nothing is recorded. Now in the Apocrypha, there are books in the Apocrypha that report to have the stories of the early life and the boyhood of Jesus: the healing of little birds with broken wings and fanciful... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 3:1-17

Matthew 3:1 . In those days came John the Baptist. When the time of the seventy weeks was fulfilled, when the sceptre was departed from Judah, and when all the east, according to Suetonius, expected one to arise in Judea who should be the ruler of all things. It was when Tiberius entered the fifteenth year of his reign, that the preacher of the desert opened his commission. Preaching in the wilderness of Judea. John had a special revelation from heaven, of all the particulars of his... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Matthew 3:12

Matthew 3:12Whose fan.Christ a sifterHumanity yields its twofold crop, its wheat and chaff, and keeps its terrible capacity of mixing chaff and wheat together, making them look alike.A sifter neededSomething, then, is watered to lift the cover, to unveil the reality, to expose the things that we do and the persons that we are. Whether we want Him or not, He comes “whose fan is in His hand.”A sifter needed for the sake of the truthRealize, too, that the sifting work must be done not only for the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 3:12

12 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. Ver. 12. Whose fan is in his hand ] Though the devil and wicked men mightily strive to wring it out of his hand; for what, say they, need this shedding and this shoaling? this distinguishing and differencing of men into saints and sinners? Are not all the Lord’s people holy? Numbers 16:3 . Is there any man lives and sinneth not? but... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 3:12

fan: Isaiah 30:24, Isaiah 41:16, Jeremiah 4:11, Jeremiah 15:7, Jeremiah 51:2, Luke 3:17 he will thoroughly: Matthew 13:41, Matthew 13:49, Matthew 13:50, Malachi 3:2, Malachi 3:3, Malachi 4:1, John 15:2 and gather: Matthew 13:30, Matthew 13:43, Amos 9:9 but: Job 21:18, Psalms 1:4, Psalms 35:5, Isaiah 5:24, Isaiah 17:13, Hosea 13:3, Malachi 4:1, Luke 3:17 with: Isaiah 1:31, Isaiah 66:24, Jeremiah 7:20, Jeremiah 17:27, Ezekiel 20:47, Ezekiel 20:48, Mark 9:43-Galatians : Reciprocal: Exodus... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 3:12

Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.Whose fan — That is, the word of the Gospel.His floor — That is, his Church, which is now covered with a mixture of wheat and chaff.He will gather the wheat into the garner — Will lay up those who are truly good in heaven. read more